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      UMBC Reviews

      4.4

      84% would recommend to a friend

      (781 total reviews)
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      Freeman A. Hrabowski

      96% approve of CEO

      62% positive business outlook

      UMBC has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 781 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The UMBC employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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      781 reviews
      3.0
      24 Aug 2017

      Needs Transparency to Staff

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Diverse student body. Supportive co-workers. Always busy with ebb and flow of semester. State benefits are decent. Tuition remission is a plus. There are a ton of hard-working people and offices around campus. Free gym usage. I feel safe on campus. Variety of coffee and lunch places.

      Cons

      President is inspiring, but Provost has little integrity. Provost puts very little in writing. We were told to "make this go away" when a student raised an issue all the way to the 10th floor. Administration wants to hide low staff morale. Eyes roll at "strategic plan" which does not refer to staff. Long-time staff can seem resistant to change/new technology. Administration expects you to answer emails day, night, weekends just because they have poor work-life balance. People can't believe I pay over $300/year for parking.

      3.0
      7 Aug 2017

      Concerned about current direction

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Terrific colleagues; a diversity among students that makes the job feel worthwhile; values worth working hard for

      Cons

      Weak leadership at the upper levels presently. (President strong in charisma, ability and vision, but "hands off" a Provost who lacks all of these attributes)

      3.0
      30 July 2017

      Ok place to work

      Associate staff
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      There is some schedule flexibility (depending on which category you are in), good environment to teach with nice facilities.

      Cons

      It is State government, so there is a lot of bureaucracy. Like most higher education places, the politics of faculty vs staff are exhausting. I think there are lots of bad decisions made with staffing, some core services experience too much turnover (like the Registrar). I think that salaries are ok and you should be alright IF you get along with your department, but this is something the University has struggled for years with. Tenure process is ridiculously easy (embarrassing for an honors university), Everyone gets it unless you are just a terrible candidate.

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